WERU sends weekly reports to the music industry representatives which keeps new music flowing into the station. Below are our most recent top recording reports for the week ending on Sunday, December 8th, 2024. Our weekly airplay chart is posted below. This is the last chart for 2024 as the music industry and their charts are on vacation until early January of 2025.
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December 2nd through December 8th, 2024
Top Thirty Overall Most-Played Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | PINE TREE FLYERS | Pine Tree Flyers | Self-Released |
| 2 | FATHER JOHN MISTY | Mahashmashana | Sub Pop |
| 3 | DWIGHT YOAKAM | Brighter Days | Via/Thirty Tigers |
| 4 | DAVID GILMOUR | Luck And Strange | Sony |
| 5 | LOOSE CATTLE | Someone’s Monster | Single Lock |
| 6 | FREEWORLD | More Love | SwirlDisc |
| 7 | GILLIAN WELCH AND DAVID RAWLINGS | Woodland | Acony |
| 8 | IVAN STRUNIN | The First Day Of December feat. Dirk Powell & Michael Doucet | Self-Released |
| 9 | JEANNE MCKIRCHY | What Love Can Do | Self-Released |
| 10 | PI JACOBS | Soldier On | Blackbird |
| 11 | AL GREEN | “Everybody Hurts” [Single] | Fat Possum |
| 12 | BILLY STRINGS | Highway Prayers | Reprise |
| 13 | CARLA SCIAKY | Heart Of The Swan | Self-Released |
| 14 | DAVE MININBERG | Scruffy Love Songs | Self-Released |
| 15 | FUTUREBIRDS | Easy Company | Dualtone |
| 16 | GREG NAGY | The Real You | Self-Released |
| 17 | JOE ELY | Driven To Drive | Rack ‘Em |
| 18 | KASEY CHAMBERS | Backbone | Essence |
| 19 | KIM DEAL | Nobody Loves You More | 4AD |
| 20 | LUCINDA WILLIAMS | Lucinda Williams Sings The Beatles From Abbey Road | Highway 20 |
| 21 | MICHAEL KIWANUKA | Small Changes | Geffen |
| 22 | NEFESH MOUNTAIN | Beacons | Eden Sky |
| 23 | SILKROAD ENSEMBLE, RHIANNON GIDDENS | American Railroad | Nonesuch |
| 24 | TWISTED PINE | Love Your Mind | Self-Released |
| 25 | VANESSA COLLIER | Do It My Own Way | Phenix Fire |
| 26 | WALLICE | The Jester | Dirty Hit |
| 27 | EMILY GABRIELE | “Calling Mr Back” [Single] | EG NYC |
| 28 | BB STEVENS | “Starlight In Me” [Single] | Stryker/Virgin |
| 29 | JAY BYHAM | Postcards Along The Way | ITP |
| 30 | TAI SHAN | Wildflower Moon | Self-Released |
Top “Adds”
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | BAND AID | “Do They Know It’s Christmas?” 40th Anniversary Compilation [EP] | UMR |
| 2 | BB STEVENS | “Christmas All Year” (Remix) [Single] | Stryker/Virgin |
| 3 | HEARD EYE, THE | Funkalypse | Self-Released |
| 4 | AVA VALIANTI | “Wishing Well” [Single] | Self-Released |
| 5 | BEVIN LUNA | “Just Movin'” [Single] | Self-Released |
| 6 | ELIZA AND THE ORGANIX | “All Hail (S.O.S.)” b/w “No Contact” [Single] | Self-Released |
| 7 | KATHY SABOL | “Behold The Lamb” b/w “Here” [Single] | Self-Released |
| 8 | RICK LEE VINSON GROUP | “Christmas Time Of Year” b/w “I Hope Your Hope” [Single] | Self-Released |
| 9 | DUSTY EDINGER | “Broken Soul Survivor” [Single] | Self-Released |
| 10 | ROB LALAIN | Life | Self-Released |
Top Ten World Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | AFRO CELT SOUND SYSTEM | Ova | Six Degrees |
| 2 | FEMI KUTI | “Politics Don Expose Them” [Single] | Partisan |
| 3 | SEUN KUTI AND EGYPT 80 | “Dey” (Gaudi & Don Letts Remix) [Single] | Record Kicks |
| 4 | DANIEL PARDO | Ese Momento | Self-Released |
| 5 | PAUL HANSON AND RAZE THE MAZE | Calliope | Manzanita Ranch |
| 6 | JUAN MEGNA GROUP | Mariwo | Self-Released |
| 7 | BONGO HOP, THE | La Pata Coja | Underdog |
| 8 | MANU CHAO | Viva Tu | Because |
| 9 | KOKOROKO | Get The Message [EP] | Brownswood |
| 10 | ADRIAN YOUNGE | Linear Labs: Sao Paulo | Linear Labs |
Top Ten Hip Hop Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | KENDRICK LAMAR | GNX | Interscope |
| 2 | BROTHER ALI | Satisfied Soul [EP] | Mello |
| 3 | LYRICS BORN | Goodbye, Sticky Rice | Mobile Home |
| 4 | DENZEL CURRY | King Of The Mischievous South | PH/Loma Vista/Concord |
| 5 | MALLY AND LAST WORD | The Sweetest Of It All | MaLLy/Last Word Touring |
| 6 | TYLER THE CREATOR | Chromakopia | Columbia/Sony |
| 7 | KURIOUS | Majician | Rhymesayers/Metalface |
| 8 | SNOTTY NOSE REZ KIDS | Red Future | Sony |
| 9 | SOUL FROM THE O | Queens & Pharaohs | 11525 |
| 10 | ELUCID | REVELATOR | Fat Possum |
Top Ten Jazz Albums
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | LORI BELL QUARTET | Recorda Me: Remembering Joe Henderson | Self-Released |
| 2 | BILL FRISELL | Orchestras | Blue Note |
| 3 | GANAVYA | our mother is our daughter is our mother | Virgin UK LAS (S&D) |
| 4 | HENDRIK MEURKENS | The Jazz Meurkengers | Cellar |
| 5 | JEFF PARKER AND ETA IVTET | The Way Out Of Easy | International Anthem |
| 6 | MCCOY TYNER, JOE HENDERSON | Forces Of Nature: Live At Slugs | UMG |
| 7 | SWEET MAGNOLIA | Miss Missed Connection | Self-Released |
| 8 | TIM LIN | Birdwatching | Linsanity |
| 9 | RICH WILLEY | Boptism Christmas | Boptism |
| 10 | IRV GROSSMAN SEXTET | Sound Advice | Cellar |
Top Ten Electronic / Dance Recordings
| Artist | Record | Label | |
| 1 | ACID AND RY X | “Breed” [Single] | Eden |
| 2 | UNDERWORLD | Strawberry Hotel | Virgin |
| 3 | FLYING LOTUS | Spirit Box [EP] | Warp |
| 4 | KELLY LEE OWENS | Dreamstate | Dirty Hit/dh2 |
| 5 | CARIBOU | Honey | Merge |
| 6 | LP GIOBBI | Dotr | Counter |
| 7 | TSHA | Sad Girl | Ninja Tune |
| 8 | CARLITA | Sentimental | Counter |
| 9 | SOPHIE | SOPHIE | Transgressive/Future Classic |
| 10 | JAMIE XX | In Waves | Young |